Andre Kwok
@andrekwok.bsky.social
Passionate about space law and security, and transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region. Researcher at @acsg.bsky.social. Opinions are very much my own. Documentary Photography. Pokemon Fan. He/Him
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Andre Kwok
@andrekwok.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Vlogging International Criminal Justice? Digital Optics at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the Khmer Rouge regime tribunal, has ventured into uncharted territory: TikTok.
www.justsecurity.org
An international tribunal on TikTok? I wrote for @justsecurity.org on how the Khmer Rouge Tribunal uses TikTok & computational media to engage a large Gen Z society post-Case 002/02, sparking debate on the role of international courts beyond criminal adjudication 🌐📱 #InternationalLaw
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“The transformation of a hybrid court into a domestic institution offers lessons for localising international justice” Read Andre Kwok in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cambodia-takes-control-its-war-crimes-legacy
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cambodia-takes-control-its-war-crimes-legacy
Cambodia takes control of its war crimes legacy
The transformation of a hybrid court into a domestic institution offers lessons for localising international justice.
www.lowyinstitute.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“The transformation of a hybrid court into a domestic institution offers lessons for localising international justice” Read Andre Kwok in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cambodia-takes-control-its-war-crimes-legacy
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cambodia-takes-control-its-war-crimes-legacy
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Exiting moment for us at @acsg.bsky.social as we move from "Australian" to "Australasian", with a focus on shaping responsible space governance that contributes to prosperity in the Indo- and Asia-Pacific. Stay tuned more to come in a few weeks!
We’re excited to unveil our new logo as we become the Australasian Centre for Space Governance, a new not-for-profit mission. Building on the legacy of ACSG, we’re expanding across the region while leading the agenda for responsible space governance in the Asia-Pacific
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Exiting moment for us at @acsg.bsky.social as we move from "Australian" to "Australasian", with a focus on shaping responsible space governance that contributes to prosperity in the Indo- and Asia-Pacific. Stay tuned more to come in a few weeks!
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I curated a collection of gorgeous images, our planet from above, for this week's Space Citizens Substack. It tells the story of how important EO data is for so many things on Earth, including understanding the relationship between space and our lives on Earth. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...
Why we should all fall in love with Earth observation
"EO can change and save the world"
open.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I curated a collection of gorgeous images, our planet from above, for this week's Space Citizens Substack. It tells the story of how important EO data is for so many things on Earth, including understanding the relationship between space and our lives on Earth. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...
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To replace the self-fulfilling prophecy that space is “congested, contested and competitive”, we need a new mantra, one that offers solutions: “Communication, cooperation and collaboration”. Check out my Substack this week and say the mantra with me. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...
Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration in Space
Why these words matter
open.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
To replace the self-fulfilling prophecy that space is “congested, contested and competitive”, we need a new mantra, one that offers solutions: “Communication, cooperation and collaboration”. Check out my Substack this week and say the mantra with me. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...
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This week I'm asking you what you want to know about Mr Musk himself, and I'll answer. I don't write about him very often, but with a new Exec Order this week making it even easier for launches and re- entries to be licensed, his name is in the headlines once again. Spacecitizens.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This week I'm asking you what you want to know about Mr Musk himself, and I'll answer. I don't write about him very often, but with a new Exec Order this week making it even easier for launches and re- entries to be licensed, his name is in the headlines once again. Spacecitizens.substack.com
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Ha. ANU VC says she's happy with how she's done her job, & that there will be no more forced redundancies- that is, OTHER THAN THE ONES ALREADY ON THE TABLE. So, yes, there will be more forced redundancies. #fundHigherEdFairly www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904605...
The next steps for ANU now that forced redundancies have been ruled out
'I'm comfortable with who I am and how I do the job.'
www.canberratimes.com.au
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ha. ANU VC says she's happy with how she's done her job, & that there will be no more forced redundancies- that is, OTHER THAN THE ONES ALREADY ON THE TABLE. So, yes, there will be more forced redundancies. #fundHigherEdFairly www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904605...
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It’s such dark times at ANU
Really tough week in the ANU college of arts & social sciences. Committed, respected & highly impactful staff have been told their jobs are no longer & about 30 ppl are facing forced redundancy. It’s come as a complete shock to identified individuals. No consultation, no warning.
July 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It’s such dark times at ANU
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ANU announced a newly created position of Chief Risk Officer - worth $500k+/yr - in same email it talked up the $50M+ worth of staff cuts via redundancies, another $50M to come. Also same email staff lectured on being respectful talking about job losses, cuts. 🤯 Schadenfreude
June 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
ANU announced a newly created position of Chief Risk Officer - worth $500k+/yr - in same email it talked up the $50M+ worth of staff cuts via redundancies, another $50M to come. Also same email staff lectured on being respectful talking about job losses, cuts. 🤯 Schadenfreude
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Next installment of my "Space Citizens" Substack newsletter: "Artemis and the Moon Part 1". Not (yet) about NASA's skinny budget, I'm starting instead with the mythology of Artemis the goddess of the Moon, and possible cautionary tales. Audio also because it's long! open.substack.com/pub/cassandr...
Artemis and the Moon: Part 1
The backstory
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Next installment of my "Space Citizens" Substack newsletter: "Artemis and the Moon Part 1". Not (yet) about NASA's skinny budget, I'm starting instead with the mythology of Artemis the goddess of the Moon, and possible cautionary tales. Audio also because it's long! open.substack.com/pub/cassandr...
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A man drying fish on the roof / Phnom Penh, Cambodia
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A man drying fish on the roof / Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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I've started a Substack called "Space Citizens", as I write a book. Space matters, in ways you may not think of, and more than you may realise. My mission is to raise Space literacy across government and militaries, policy and decision-makers, and the public. open.substack.com/pub/cassandr...
Welcome, Space Citizens
It's not what you think! It's a call to enlargen our cognitive identities to include our near-Earth environment, where humanity is already active, and upon which we are already highkly dependent, and ...
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've started a Substack called "Space Citizens", as I write a book. Space matters, in ways you may not think of, and more than you may realise. My mission is to raise Space literacy across government and militaries, policy and decision-makers, and the public. open.substack.com/pub/cassandr...
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There are 21 year olds who are alive today who don't have any significant memories of life and politics pre-Trump. There are also 30 year olds alive today who have no memory of life and politics pre war on terror. We literally have generations of youth who have normalized madness.
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
There are 21 year olds who are alive today who don't have any significant memories of life and politics pre-Trump. There are also 30 year olds alive today who have no memory of life and politics pre war on terror. We literally have generations of youth who have normalized madness.
What happens when the courtroom doors close? My latest paper looks at the residual functions of the ECCC and how tribunals are shifting from a "get in and get out" model to long-term public engagement. From TikTok to community outreach, courts are shaping their legacy far beyond verdicts. 🧵(1/4)
March 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What happens when the courtroom doors close? My latest paper looks at the residual functions of the ECCC and how tribunals are shifting from a "get in and get out" model to long-term public engagement. From TikTok to community outreach, courts are shaping their legacy far beyond verdicts. 🧵(1/4)
How you know you go to ANU without saying you go to ANU
February 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How you know you go to ANU without saying you go to ANU
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I love that this book has cited me!
Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space | International Pers
Breaking new ground in criminology, this book reflects on the expansion of outer space endeavours, the new pathways this presents for crime, challenges to
www.taylorfrancis.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I love that this book has cited me!
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"Countries such as Australia must courageously push back and recalibrate our relationship with the US as needed. We should never accept a lawless, violent world of unbridled hegemonic power. It endangers all of us." - Prof Ben Saul
If only we had a PM with a spine.
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
If only we had a PM with a spine.
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
Nations such as Australia must push back against Trump’s illegal Gaza scheme
Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians, if it were without their consent, would constitute a war crime.
www.smh.com.au
February 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Countries such as Australia must courageously push back and recalibrate our relationship with the US as needed. We should never accept a lawless, violent world of unbridled hegemonic power. It endangers all of us." - Prof Ben Saul
If only we had a PM with a spine.
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
If only we had a PM with a spine.
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
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Our chair, @cassandrasteer.bsky.social, explores the evolving 21st-century spacescape and why space governance must move beyond its state-centric roots. As space citizens, we all have a stake in a multi-stakeholder, multi-domain, inclusive & intergenerational approach to security & sustainability.
Space Citizen: The Gap Between You, Me and the Governance of Space
Existing space governance institutions and mechanisms are built on a twentieth-century reality, when states were the main actors and the main, if only, subjects of international law. While internation...
www.cigionline.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Our chair, @cassandrasteer.bsky.social, explores the evolving 21st-century spacescape and why space governance must move beyond its state-centric roots. As space citizens, we all have a stake in a multi-stakeholder, multi-domain, inclusive & intergenerational approach to security & sustainability.
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The #USAID website has just gone dark, amidst reporting #Trump may try to dissolve it completely.
But #Congress established USAID in statute, and Trump can't unilaterally override a statute by executive order.
Read my latest via @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...
But #Congress established USAID in statute, and Trump can't unilaterally override a statute by executive order.
Read my latest via @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...
Can the President Dissolve USAID by Executive Order?
Congress established USAID in statute, and the president may not unilaterally override a statute by executive order.
www.justsecurity.org
February 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The #USAID website has just gone dark, amidst reporting #Trump may try to dissolve it completely.
But #Congress established USAID in statute, and Trump can't unilaterally override a statute by executive order.
Read my latest via @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...
But #Congress established USAID in statute, and Trump can't unilaterally override a statute by executive order.
Read my latest via @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...
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@vsamsondc.bsky.social and @almuazcarate.bsky.social, who previously featured on an ACSG podcast, have published an expert paper on counter-space capabilities. The paper examines multilateral efforts and regulatory mechanisms for managing both civilian and military uses in space governance.
Delighted that my and @almuazcarate's paper for @CIGIonline has been published: "Counterspace Capabilities: Renewed Hope for Cooperative Governance?" 1/
www.cigionline.org/publications...
www.cigionline.org/publications...
Counterspace Capabilities: Renewed Hope for Cooperative Governance?
Ever since humankind first launched objects into space, counterspace capabilities (also known as “space weapons”) were developed to disrupt or destroy them. Now that space is increasingly being used f...
www.cigionline.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
@vsamsondc.bsky.social and @almuazcarate.bsky.social, who previously featured on an ACSG podcast, have published an expert paper on counter-space capabilities. The paper examines multilateral efforts and regulatory mechanisms for managing both civilian and military uses in space governance.
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Excited to say I was invited on one of my fave
#podcasts, #Law on #Film! I chatted w/ @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social about 2 #Cambodia #Genocide films, First They Killed My Father & Le Temps des Aveux. I hope people find it as interesting as I find other episodes! www.buzzsprout.com/2073468/epis...
#podcasts, #Law on #Film! I chatted w/ @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social about 2 #Cambodia #Genocide films, First They Killed My Father & Le Temps des Aveux. I hope people find it as interesting as I find other episodes! www.buzzsprout.com/2073468/epis...
First They Killed My Father (2017) and The Gate (2014) (Guest: Melanie O'Brien) (episode 37) - Law on Film
This episode looks at two films about the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: First They Killed My Father (dir. Angelina Jolie), and The Gate (or Les Temps des Aveux) (dir. Régis Wargnier). First They Ki...
www.buzzsprout.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Excited to say I was invited on one of my fave
#podcasts, #Law on #Film! I chatted w/ @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social about 2 #Cambodia #Genocide films, First They Killed My Father & Le Temps des Aveux. I hope people find it as interesting as I find other episodes! www.buzzsprout.com/2073468/epis...
#podcasts, #Law on #Film! I chatted w/ @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social about 2 #Cambodia #Genocide films, First They Killed My Father & Le Temps des Aveux. I hope people find it as interesting as I find other episodes! www.buzzsprout.com/2073468/epis...
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I discuss 20+ films that can help to teach about the relationship between law and race. Many of these films also invite a discussion into how filmmakers (mis)use the medium in their reflection on law and race. Other suggestions are welcome.
folukeafrica.com/the-law-and-...
folukeafrica.com/the-law-and-...
The Law and Race Film Club
20+ films on Law, Race and Society
folukeafrica.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I discuss 20+ films that can help to teach about the relationship between law and race. Many of these films also invite a discussion into how filmmakers (mis)use the medium in their reflection on law and race. Other suggestions are welcome.
folukeafrica.com/the-law-and-...
folukeafrica.com/the-law-and-...
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Happy New Year 🇰🇭
January 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Happy New Year 🇰🇭
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Quick reminder for academics teaching students who aren't from wealth: students are really struggling both emotionally and financially (these are frequently linked) and they can't reduce their paid work to study. They look like poor students but mostly they are overwhelmed. Show some compassion
December 31, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Quick reminder for academics teaching students who aren't from wealth: students are really struggling both emotionally and financially (these are frequently linked) and they can't reduce their paid work to study. They look like poor students but mostly they are overwhelmed. Show some compassion